Medical Terminology: A Short Course

aden/o

gland

arthr/o

joint

bi/o

life

carcin/o

cancer, cancerous

cardi/o

heart

cephal/o

head

cerebr/o

cerebrum

cyst/o

urinary bladder

cyt/o

cell

derm/o

skin

dermat/o

skin

electr/o

electricity

encephal/o

brain

enter/o

intestines

erythr/o

red

gastr/o

stomach

gnos/o

knowledge

gynec/o

woman, female

hem/o

blood

hemat/o

blood

hepat/o

liver

lapar/o

abdomen

leuk/o

white

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

onc/o

tumor

ophthalm/o

eye

oste/o

bone

path/o

disease

psych/o

mind

ren/o

kidney

rhin/o

nose

sarc/o

flesh

thromb/o

clotting

-al

pertaining to

-algia

pain

-cyte

cell

-ectomy

excision

-emia

blood condition

-globin

protein

-gram

record

-ia

condition

-ic

pertaining to

-ism

condition

-itis

inflammation

-logist

specialist in the study of

-logy

study of

-oma

tumor

-opsy

to view

-osis

abnormal condition

-scope

instrument to visually examine

-scopy

process of visual examination

-sis

state of

-tomy

incision

a-

no, not

an-

no, not

aut-

self

dia-

complete

dys-

bad, painful

endo-

within

exo-

outside

hyper-

excessive

hypo-

deficient

peri-

surrounding

pro-

before

re-

back

retro-

behind

sub-

below

trans-

across

adenoma

glandular tumor

adenitis

glandular inflammation

arthritis

joint inflammation

biology

the study of life

biopsy

viewing living tissue

carcinoma

cancerous tumor

cardiology

the study of the heart

cephalic

pertaining to the head

cerebral

pertaining to the cerebrum

cerebrovascular accident

stroke

cystoscope

bladder examination instrument

cytology

the study of cells

dermal

pertaining to the skin

dermatitis

skin inflammation

electrocardiogram

record of heart electricity

electroencephalogram

record of brain electricity

enteritis

intestinal inflammation

erythrocyte

red blood cell

gastroscopy

visual stomach examination

diagnosis

complete knowledge gained after testing

prognosis

prediction made before treatment

gynecology

the study of female disorders

hemoglobin

blood protein

hematoma

a mass containing blood

hepatitis

liver inflammation

laparotomy

abdominal incision

leukocyte

white blood cell

nephrectomy

excision of the kidney

neurology

the study of nerves

oncologist

specialist in the study of tumors

ophthalmoscope

instrument used to examine eyes